[Year 12 IPM] Good PC vendors

[Roland Gesthuizen]

We got our Acer units from Commander <www.commander.com.au>.. happy to
forward on the specs and details offlist but by all means, shop around for
prices and ask for a reference site to check out the backup service
(warranty, repairs, parts etc) get a sample unit and ask some students what
they think of it. There isnt much of a margin when selling PC's so this
feedback may make all the difference. We decided to roll over all our
curriculum hardware at once, set ourselves the target of 1:4
computer:student ratio and plan to do it again in 3 years time. Having just
one image to deploy put a wopping huge smile on our technicians face and
took just a few days to manage.

All the big vendor guns come along to the VITTA conference and support our
subject association with a trade stand and some sponsorship with prizes and
other goodies! Why not check out the list at the 2005 conference or even
press the flesh with a chat amongst the crowd at the trade stands at
the current
2006 conference <http://www.vitta.org.au/conference/2006/>.

Kevork has even created an edulist list that you can subscribe to for
commercial posts from these providers. Enjoy!

Regards Roland

On 18/08/06, Trent Bolte <tbolte at mercycollege.melb.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
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> I know it's not IPM related but can anyone out there recommend a PC
> vendor for schools?
> So far I've investigated HP, DELL and Acer.  We are looking to get 100
> basic units and about 14 multimedia/graphics units.  Based on value for
> money I'm currently leaning towards DELL (we're not getting laptops ;)
> or HP.
>
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> Trent Bolte
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> Learning Technology Coordinator
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> Mercy College, Coburg.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Trish Cotter
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> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Aggregated and detailed information
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> In fact the best example of detailed information is the supermarket
> invoice / docket which details everything (item by item) that was bought
> in one transaction.
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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